Gypsies in Germany and Italy, 1861-1914
Subtitle: lives outside the law
By: Jennifer Illuzzi, Assistant Professor, Providence College, USA
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, HampshireNewYork
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781137401717
Subjects: Romanies; History
Description: By the early 20th century, Gypsies in Germany and Italy were pushed outside the national community and subjected to the arbitrary whims of executive authorities. This book offers an account of these exclusionary policies and their links to the rise of nationalism, liberalism, and the modern bureaucratic state.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references(pages 205-212) and index.
Table of contents: title: The modern bureaucratic state of exception; title: Complex realities: executive power and the police; title: Executive struggles in Italy 1861-1909; title: Executive struggles in Germany 1870-1909; title: The courts, 1861-1914; title: Conclusion: the modern bureaucratic state and Gypsy exclusion.